Where does “māi” come from?

māi (Jersey Dutch) comes from Dutch mij, from Middle Dutch mi, from Old Dutch mī, from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic miz, from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- — 1st person.

māi (Jersey Dutch): me

Definitions

  1. me

Ancestry of “māi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmijme; first-person singular objective personal pronoun
2Middle Dutchmiaccusative/dative of ic
3Old Dutchmī—
4Proto-West Germanic*miʀ—
5Proto-Germanicmizdative/instrumental of *ek
6Proto-Indo-European(e)me-1st person
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (e)me- →Every word from Proto-Germanic miz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ →
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